by AIP Online Bureau | Feb 4, 2022 | Health, International News, Pandemic
The BA.2 sub-variant has begun to replace Omicron’s more common “original” BA.1 variant in countries such as Denmark. Data from there suggests no difference in disease severity, according to another WHO official. “BA.2 … has been reported in...
by AIP Online Bureau | Feb 2, 2022 | Health, International News, Pandemic, Policy
BA.2 is more transmissible than the more common BA.1 and more able to infect vaccinated people, according to a Danish study which analysed coronavirus infections in more than 8,500 Danish households between December and January. The subvariant is already becoming...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 31, 2022 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Facts, Health
The primary contributors to worsening the air quality are fossil fuel-powered infrastructural development, industries, transport, waste burning, and construction activity. Chronic exposure to air pollution increases the likelihood of asthma, low birth weight,...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 30, 2022 | Health, International News
“It is only one mutation away from becoming dangerous for humans,” researchers said in a paper posted on preprint website bioRxiv, and not peer-reviewed yet. However, according to the WHO, the question of whether the NeoCov coronavirus, recently discovered...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 29, 2022 | Health, Indian News, Pandemic
”Even though some cities or states may be beginning to see plateauing of cases, the risk persists. We need to continue to remain vigilant. Our focus must be on reducing transmission. Implementing situation-specific public health and social measures and...
